There has been no shortage of critiques of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) signed on 30 December 2020. Many have perceived the CAI as a snub in the face of the Biden administration, which has the potential to jeopardise one of the most important strategic goals of the transatlantic alliance: setting aside four years of Trump’s populist economic policy and working in close coordination with a view to developing a united front to contain China. While the CAI does indeed indicate that the EU considers itself a fully autonomous international economic player, however, such a display of autonomy need not be incompatible with a stronger transatlantic alliance. In fact, the CAI may be an opportunity for the transatlantic alliance to evolve into a partnership among equals that is necessary to successfully navigate the uncharted waters of the coming global (dis)order.

Time for a New Atlanticism: The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment and the International Order / Poletti, Arlo; Zambernardi, Lorenzo; De Bièvre, Dirk. - In: THE INTERNATIONAL SPECTATOR. - ISSN 1751-9721. - 2023, 53:8(2023), pp. 23-37. [10.1080/03932729.2022.2138054]

Time for a New Atlanticism: The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment and the International Order

Poletti, Arlo
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2023-01-01

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There has been no shortage of critiques of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) signed on 30 December 2020. Many have perceived the CAI as a snub in the face of the Biden administration, which has the potential to jeopardise one of the most important strategic goals of the transatlantic alliance: setting aside four years of Trump’s populist economic policy and working in close coordination with a view to developing a united front to contain China. While the CAI does indeed indicate that the EU considers itself a fully autonomous international economic player, however, such a display of autonomy need not be incompatible with a stronger transatlantic alliance. In fact, the CAI may be an opportunity for the transatlantic alliance to evolve into a partnership among equals that is necessary to successfully navigate the uncharted waters of the coming global (dis)order.
2023
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Poletti, Arlo; Zambernardi, Lorenzo; De Bièvre, Dirk
Time for a New Atlanticism: The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment and the International Order / Poletti, Arlo; Zambernardi, Lorenzo; De Bièvre, Dirk. - In: THE INTERNATIONAL SPECTATOR. - ISSN 1751-9721. - 2023, 53:8(2023), pp. 23-37. [10.1080/03932729.2022.2138054]
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